Overturn


I have looked at all the logs and first of all woudl like to say that I support no one!But it appears to me that it would be important to dwell on two issues:

1.whether ther are two different individuals withe the same name

2.if so, whether the person in question is notable enough


I woudl humbly submit that the more I look at the logs the stronger the feeling that while there was always some confusion as to the resolution of this issue,most who voted did so without convincingly ascertaining it-which I submit was sine qua non!Most voted believing we were dealing with one dindividual which I what i think prompted them to vote the way they did!


I shlll deal with the first issue here:

Indians woudl know that while Ashok is a very common name Jahnavi is extremely uncommon!I shall list two Ashok Prasad's bothe medical practitioners here.



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You would note both are politically connected and while one is controversial the other is not!I happen to remember that Mahabir Prasad's son in law was a medic who was murdered and there was a national outcry!


I have read the International who's who




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entry on Ashok Prasad in my libarary.I woudl like to pont out that my libararay contains the 2005 volume and not the latest and he finds an entry there-therefore he has an antry in teh 20005 issue and maybe the ones before and NOT only in the latest issue where of course he is there


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Hie entry reads that he is teh son of late Judge Jahnavi Prasad.I woudl endorse that teh offending blog should not have found a place as a reference as it contains information that is not in the volume itself!Howvere it does confirm he holds an honorary doctorate from Natal in 2000.And Natal is one of the most respected Universities in South Africa.



I woudl also like to invite everyone to go through the International Who's Who site.It says that entries are posssible only after thorough research by a dedicated team of researchers and are continually under review.The volume has gone through more than 70 editions and is generally regarded the most valuable source of notable living!

While it is possible that there may be editorial lapses there but I woudl sublit it is unlikely-and we do not have any evidence!Besides the volume forward says that teh entries are continually under review!


And it wudl appear unlikely that Top 1000 Scientists ,a book prepared by a noted UK archeologist and a top science historian

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and published by a top Asian publishing house


[173] which has published bestsellers like Wings of Fire by President Abdul Kalam (and not an obscure publishing house in India as Colin says)would be prey to the same problems-it is likely but improbable that is what I would say!!



In short the questions remain unanswered and in teh interest of faor play,I think the deletion should be overturned!I am personally inclined to believe that we are dealing with two different individuals and one of them seems to have b notoriety on his side while other according to reliable sources seems to be notable enough to merit an Honorary doctorate and place in Int.Who's Who for at least lat 3 years.


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